Sunday 20th October. Day 14

It rained all night and is still raining now. Woke up at 6:30 after a good sleep. Day 14 already. How time flies when you’re having fun.

Felicity rang yesterday. I tried ringing her back but she didn’t pick up. Try her today. I’ve left her a wassap message.

I spoke to Sebastien briefly last night about Toni / Antoinette. Laurence had briefly expressed an interest in her and asked that we look after her. Seb had talked to her about her project but could make no more sense of it than I could, but she did tell him she’d had a horrid time (and that was on Sunday, before I ticked her off for being so demanding and irritating and a hassler). We agreed to let the sleeping dog lie. The last thing Henriette said to her was she could come back any time (typical Henriette, who was apparently just as irritated by her as the rest of us) but I don’t suppose we’ll see here again or get a particularly good press from her. Not that anyone who spent any time with her would necessarily take much notice of what she said.

And Laurence is getting his knickers in a knot about Lord Leitch’s ghastly statue (‘it must be inside’ as if we’d left it standing out in the rain). Apparently Leitch has left specific instructions about where it is to go (conveniently close to the front door so we can continue to use it as a hat stand, I assume). I heard last night that Leitch wants to start a new centrist party, from that beacon of democracy, the House of the Lords. Which will no doubt be as outrageous a success as Heidi Allen’s and Chukka Umuna’s effort. Boris’ wonder plan has been scuppered by the Letwin amendment. Hopefully he and Cummings will come up with another cunning wheeze, or the EU Council of Ministers will veto any further delay.

Time to meditate (7:40am).

Laurence's lake after 24 hours of rain (It was mostly reeds and weeds yesterday)

La B getting  very stressed trying to finish all the accounts before tomorrow morning (Colette is coming for a final briefing).

Rescuing Henriette (puncture in Lusignan) with Bruno. Missing meditation. Stuck in the ditch. Kathleen’s lunch. Accounts lesson with Heidi and S. Wanting to do all the postings daily. The lake pouring out over the dam.

S’s farewell party.